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QUILLING MACHINE. APPLIOATIOIN FILED my 9, 1903.

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Patented May 10, 1904.

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GRANT SIPP, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

QUlLLlNG-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,640, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed May 9, 1903- Serial No. 156,378. (No model) 1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, GRANT SIPP, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaie and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilling-Machines; andIdo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to quilling or copwinding machines of a class which may be generally defined as that in which the winding of the cop is effected by rotating the same relativel y to the thread-guide, while the building up of the cop is accomplished by advancing the reciprocating thread-guide relatively to the cop.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is an end View of the machine. Fig. 2 is a View in front elevation, certain parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a somewhat enlarged top plan view of that end portion of the machine which is shown in Fig. 1, certain parts being shown in section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view showing a certain portion of the machine as seen from the same view-point as Fig. 2. Fig. 5 illustrates a detail involving one of the spindle-bearings. Figs. 6 and 7 are front and side views illustrating a detail involving the traverse-fork, and Fig. 8 illustrates a detail involving another of the spindle-bearings.

a designates the uprights or standards of the frame; 6, the spindle-rails; 0, the main shaft, journaled in said standards and carrying at one end fast and loose pulleys d, whereby it is driven, and the usual friction-disks a, (see United States Patent No. 642,543,) and f the rock-shafts, journaled in said standards parallel with the shaft 0 and carrying the traverse-forks Shaft 0 has, as usual, slight longitudinal movement in its bearings for the purpose of varying the position of its friction-disks a,

and its free end carries a cup h, which is impinged against by aset-screw i, mounted in a bow j, fixed against the outer face of a gearcasing 12. Gear-casing iris secured to the end standard in such a manner as to be readily removable by nuts Z on studs m, projecting from said standard, the casing having slots a, whereby after it has been placed against the face of standard a it may be dropped down,

so as to rest on the studs, whereupon the nuts may be screwed up tight to secure the casing fast. By this arrangement the casing may be removed at any time, and when it is replaced the shaft will be found to be held by set-screw i at exactly the adjustment which it had before removing the casing. Cup it has a projection 0, which takes in a recess 0, forming an extension of the opening (1 in the casing, through, it should be remarked, which the cup projects, this being an expedient to prevent rotation of the cup.

Rock-shafts f have cone-bearings '1', arranged in a horizontal bracket s, bolted to each end standard, and they carry arms 2., formed with intermeshing toothed segments a. One of said rock-shafts has a crank e, which is pulled upon by a spring w, connecting it with the frame in such manner as to tend to force the segments upwardly. Theo arms a are arranged between that bracket s and end standard a which are adjacent to the gear-casing above mentioned, and one of them has pivoted to it a vertical pitman :0, formed with a knife-edge y'at its upper end, which engagesin any one of a series of arc-shaped 8 5 teeth 2, formed in the under side of lever 1, fulcrumed on one of the studs 92?, saidlever carrying an antifriction-roller 2, which bears against a cam 3, which is fast with a gear 4, journaled on another one of said studs m 9 and meshing with a pinion 5, fast with a pinion 6, which meshes with another pinion 7, formed on shaft 0. Shaft 0 being rotated, it will be obvious that the consequentrotation of the cam will, through lever 1, cause the pit- 95 man 00 (which is kept against lever 1 by spring 10) to oscillate up and down, and so cause the rocking of the rock-shafts.

8 designates the spindles on which the cops are placed to be wound. Each spindle is jour- I 00 haled at its rear end in a cylindrical bearing part in the form of block 9, journaled (with its axis at right angles to the spindle and horiz'ontal) in the upper end of a lever 10,(see Fig. 8,) fu'lcrumed on a rail 11. which may form part of the frame of the machine. A shoulder 9" on the block takes againsta corresponding shoulder 9 in the lever, and so prevents longitudinal movement of the block in one direction, movement, if any, in the other direction being prevented by virtue of the spindle penetrating the lever, and so itself acting as a stop for the block. A spring 12, connecting the lower end of each lever with its rail, tends to force the frictioncone 13, carried by the spindle, against the adjoining friction-disk e.

14 is the usual plate carried by a strip 15, (see United States Patent No. 6 12,5 23 aforesaid,) connecting the standards a and serving as a fulcrum for the spindle in breaking contact between the friction-cone 13 and friction-disk e when the spindle is thrown out of action. The

spindle penetrates an opening 16 in the adj oining spindle-rail b. At this point it has a hearing ina cylindrical bearing-block 17, journaled (with its axis at right angles to the spindle and horizontal) in a holder 18, which is fulcrumed in the rail bat 19. The bearing-block is kept against longitudinal movement in the holder by a clip 20, held on the holder by a set-screw 20.

21 designates a detent or dog pivoted in the rail Z) and having a tooth 22, adapted to engage a tooth 23 on-the corresponding holder 18 to sustain the holder in its extreme uppermost position. Each holder and the dog corresponding to one of the adjacentholders are connected by a spring 24, which is thus made to serve a double function. Each dog has a knob 25 projecting through an opening 26 in the rail Z), whereby to manually move the dog. Each traverse-fork receives the threaded portion of a rotary threaded rod 27 which is journaled at the rail 5 in a cylindrical bearing 28, arranged in a holder 29. The holder 29 has a projection 30,with reference to which bearing 28 is eccentric and which itself forms a bearing for the holder in the rail 6. The holder is formed with an arc-shaped slot 31, struck about the projection 30 as a center and receiving a securing-screw 32, arranged in the rail. By this arrangement of the bearing means for the rod 27 at rail 5 nice adjustment of this rod relatively to its complementary spindle 8 may be effected.

Rod 27 carries the friction-wheel 33,which is adapted to take against the cop being wound, so as to cause rotation of the rod, and the consequent longitudinal advance thereof, by virtue of its threading engaging the fork.

3 1 designates the thread-guide, the same being arranged to reciprocate in the rail 6 and a strip 35, connecting the standards (0. Its rear end carries a fork 36, which engages between collars 37 on the rod 27. Thus the threadguide is arranged to reciprocate with the rod 27 in the usual manner. The thread-guide carries a cone 38, which is the element whereby dog 21 is moved to release the holder 18.

Operation: The parts being arranged as they are shown in the drawings, the spindles will be rotated from the friction-disks a. At the same time the rocking of shaftsf by the means and in the manner already described will cause the forks g to reciprocate the rods 27, and consequently the thread-guides. Each cop will thus be wound, and as it is built up the intermittent rotations of the friction-wheel will cause the rod 27 to advance in the fork 9 until finally the cone 38 will be brought against the dog 21. The cone will push the dog back and permit the holder 18- to drop under the tension ofits spring 24. The consequent lowering of the spindle will cause its rear end to be thrown out of contact with the frictiondisk 6 on account of said spindle having a fulcrum on the plate 14. Thus the action of the spindle will be stopped. In order to reset the parts, the spindle is simply elevated, so that the tooth of its holder 18 and the tooth of the dog 21 will interlock, the holder being again sustained by the dog.

In resetting the rod 27 it is usual to press down on its outer end, so as to throw its threading out of engagement with the fork. The same thing is done in the 1 present instance. In order, however, to prevent the fork wearing the thread on the rod 27 during this resetting operation, that portion of the fork which engages with the threading at this time is formed with an increased bearingsurface, as at 39, Figs. 6 and 7.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a supporting means for a spindle of a quilling-machine, the combination of the frame of the machine, a pivoted holder normally movable in a given direction, a bearing part for the spindle journaled in the holder, and a detent normally retaining the holder against movement, substantially as described.

2. In a quilling-machine, the combination of the frame, the spindles, supporting means for the spindles comprising pivoted parts, detents for normally retaining said pivoted parts each in a given position, and a spring connecting each pivoted part with a detent, substantially as described.

3. In a quilling-machine, the combination of the frame, a rotary spindle, a thread-guide, a rotary part controlling said thread-guide and adapted to be actuated from the cop'being wound, and an adjusting-support for said rotary part having a bearing in the frame, said rotary part being arranged eccentrically in said support, substantially as described.

4. In a quilling-machine, the combination of the frame, a rotary spindle, athread-guide, a rotary part controlling said thread-guide and adapted to be actuated from the cop being Wound, an adjusting-support for said r0- tary part having a bearing in the frame, said rotary part being arranged eccentrically in said support, and means for securing said support when adjusted, substantially as described.

5. In a quilling-machine, the combination of a f 'ame, a rotary cam journaled in said frame, pivoted parts, one of which engages the camand the other of which is pressed toward said cam-engaging part, one of said parts being notched, and a pitman engaging in one of the notches of said notched part and pivoted to the other part, substantially as described.-

6. In a quilling-machine, the combination of a frame, a rotary cam journaled in said frame, rock-shafts JOLllDELlOd in sald frame, a

lever operatively engaging the cam and hav- 2O members and engaging said lever in its toothed 5 portion, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of May, 1903.

GRANT SIPP.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, ROBERT J. POLLITT. 

